diff --git a/src/main/java/org/mitre/dsmiley/httpproxy/ProxyServlet.java b/src/main/java/org/mitre/dsmiley/httpproxy/ProxyServlet.java
index 3e55f282..c7be071d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/mitre/dsmiley/httpproxy/ProxyServlet.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/mitre/dsmiley/httpproxy/ProxyServlet.java
@@ -401,7 +401,8 @@ protected HttpRequest newProxyRequestWithEntity(String method, String proxyReque
   // Get the header value as a long in order to more correctly proxy very large requests
   private long getContentLength(HttpServletRequest request) {
     String contentLengthHeader = request.getHeader("Content-Length");
-    if (contentLengthHeader != null) {
+    // To avoid header with blank value
+    if (contentLengthHeader != null && contentLengthHeader.trim().length() != 0) {
       return Long.parseLong(contentLengthHeader);
     }
     return -1L;